Freshmen:
Greek Mythology, Odyssey and Roots test!
(and we practiced writing a little Greek, too.)
HW: SSR & Book Projects
AP Lit:
Read a few more "9"s and gave (hopefully) constructive comments.
In small groups, then a few minutes as a whole class-- Major Works Data Sheets for Catcher, Candide and Brave New World to jog our memories (thanks for miming jogging for us, Taylor...)
Fake HW: According to Ryan, to the surprise and "displeasure" of Alex-- Research Paper 25 pages minimum (135 pages for Taylor...)
Shakespeare:
Finish Act 3 of Shrew.
Typed, MLA format final draft of Macbeth essay due on Friday.
Monday
Friday
Extra Credit...
Those looking for a little extra credit can look back in the blog archive for April and still submit a photo according to the instructions in the entry entitled "Extra Credit." (Clever title, huh?)
The end.
The end.
4/29 (A) & 4/30 (B)
Freshmen:
Daily #20 and SSR
Finish watching The Odyssey.
Talk about the test in Mon./Tues. Review and Know the Greek roots, gods and goddesses, myths from the white book, basics of the Trojan war, characteristics of Epics and the Odyssey itself. It's a big test. Study.
HW: SSR projects and STUDY FOR YOUR TEST!
AP Lit:
Share and turn in your original poems.
Look at another AP poetry essay question.
Critique some "9" papers.
HW: Review notes and terms for the AP test next week.
Shakespeare:
Finish Act II of Shrew. Create a who's who diagram.
Read Act 3, scene 1 and answer questions.
Daily #20 and SSR
Finish watching The Odyssey.
Talk about the test in Mon./Tues. Review and Know the Greek roots, gods and goddesses, myths from the white book, basics of the Trojan war, characteristics of Epics and the Odyssey itself. It's a big test. Study.
HW: SSR projects and STUDY FOR YOUR TEST!
AP Lit:
Share and turn in your original poems.
Look at another AP poetry essay question.
Critique some "9" papers.
HW: Review notes and terms for the AP test next week.
Shakespeare:
Finish Act II of Shrew. Create a who's who diagram.
Read Act 3, scene 1 and answer questions.
4/27(A) & 4/28(B)
Freshmen:
Daily #19 and SSR
Begin watching The Odyssey.
HW: Book projects and begin studying for next week's test!
AP Lit:
Notes on poetic forms. Look at some examples.
Look at last year's AP Poetry Essay prompt.
HW: Choose a specific poetic form we discussed and write an original poem.
Shakespeare:
Begin Act 2 of Shrew. (Yes, it is one giant scene! Thanks, everyone, for reading...)
Daily #19 and SSR
Begin watching The Odyssey.
HW: Book projects and begin studying for next week's test!
AP Lit:
Notes on poetic forms. Look at some examples.
Look at last year's AP Poetry Essay prompt.
HW: Choose a specific poetic form we discussed and write an original poem.
Shakespeare:
Begin Act 2 of Shrew. (Yes, it is one giant scene! Thanks, everyone, for reading...)
4/23(A) & 4/24(B)
Freshmen:
SSR and/or finish Odyssey questions from the Red book. Turn these in.
Read part 2 of the Odyssey.
HW: Book projects!
AP Lit:
We probably read some poems or something, maybe took some notes...
I don't know, I'm suffering from senioritis, (although in my case this is an irritation caused by seniors who whine about having to do school work.)
HW: Look over and read some of the poems in Chapter 14.
Shakespeare:
Continue reading Shrew together.
SSR and/or finish Odyssey questions from the Red book. Turn these in.
Read part 2 of the Odyssey.
HW: Book projects!
AP Lit:
We probably read some poems or something, maybe took some notes...
I don't know, I'm suffering from senioritis, (although in my case this is an irritation caused by seniors who whine about having to do school work.)
HW: Look over and read some of the poems in Chapter 14.
Shakespeare:
Continue reading Shrew together.
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